The Healing of America : A Global Quest for Better, Cheaper, and Fairer Health Care

by T. R. Reid

Paper Book, 2009

Status

Available

Call number

IBMC Library - RA 395 A3 R435 2009

Publication

New York : Penguin Press, 1st edition

ISBN

1594202346 / 9781594202346

Description

"New York Times"-bestselling author Reid shows how all the other industrialized democracies have achieved something the U.S. can't seem to do: provide health care for everybody at a reasonable cost.

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CONTENTS:
Prologue: A moral question
A quest for two cures
Different models, common principles
The paradox
France : the vital card
Germany : "applied Christianity"
Japan : Bismarck on rice
The U.K. : universal coverage; no bills
Canada : "sorry to keep you waiting"
Out of pocket
Too big to change?
An apple a day
The first question
Major surgery
Appendix: The best health care system in the world.
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